---
title: 'Send email using Nodemailer'
sidebarTitle: 'Nodemailer'
description: 'Learn how to send an email using React Email and Nodemailer.'
'og:image': 'https://react.email/static/covers/react-email.png'
---

## 1. Install dependencies

Get the [@react-email/components](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@react-email/components) and [nodemailer](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodemailer) packages.

<CodeGroup>

```sh npm
npm install nodemailer @react-email/components
```

```sh yarn
yarn add nodemailer @react-email/components
```

```sh pnpm
pnpm add nodemailer @react-email/components
```

</CodeGroup>

## 2. Create an email using React

Start by building your email template in a `.jsx` or `.tsx` file.

```tsx email.tsx
import * as React from 'react';
import { Html, Button } from "@react-email/components";

export function Email(props) {
  const { url } = props;

  return (
    <Html lang="en">
      <Button href={url}>Click me</Button>
    </Html>
  );
}
```

## 3. Convert to HTML and send email

Import the email template you just built, convert into a HTML string, and use the Nodemailer SDK to send it.

```tsx
import { render } from '@react-email/components';
import nodemailer from 'nodemailer';
import { Email } from './email';

const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
  host: 'smtp.forwardemail.net',
  port: 465,
  secure: true,
  auth: {
    user: 'my_user',
    pass: 'my_password',
  },
});

const emailHtml = await render(<Email url="https://example.com" />);

const options = {
  from: 'you@example.com',
  to: 'user@gmail.com',
  subject: 'hello world',
  html: emailHtml,
};

await transporter.sendMail(options);
```

## Try it yourself

<Card
  title="Nodemailer example"
  icon='arrow-up-right-from-square'
  iconType="duotone"
  href="https://github.com/resend/react-email/tree/main/examples/nodemailer"
>
  See the full source code.
</Card>
